FIOS blocks Bittorent?

[Aimster]

Does Verizon FIOS block Bittorent?

Fresh Windows 7 Install
Firewall turned off
Router configured for all open ports

What's going on ?

 

[Ka0t1x]

I don't think anyone would risk blocking BT after what happened to Comcast.

 

[theorignalAMD Overclocker]

Did you forward the port you have listening to your torrent box? What client are you using? uTorrent

 

[spidey07]

I don't think anyone would risk blocking BT after what happened to Comcast.

Comcast was sending TCP resets. It would be best if a provider just flat out blocked BT at the application layer to get rid of that network virus.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Comcast was sending TCP resets. It would be best if a provider just flat out blocked BT at the application layer to get rid of that network virus.

As much as I support stuff like BT it really is hell on a network.

 

[imagoon]

To bad it is used for MMO patching etc. Torrent version of WoW updater = maxed connection, 'http download' = 25k /sec. Fantastic when the patch is 1.2gig.

 

[Bryf50]

They don't block it(At least on my connection). Despite being powerful hardware wise, the stock router firmware is terrible for bittorent. The review I read showed it falling apart after like 100 concurrent connections. I flashed it with dd-wrt and its actually doing really well now but the Moca part of the router doesn't work anymore. Luckily I made friends with the guy installing my Fios tv(a few months after the internet was installed) and he gave me another router that I use just to send guide info and vod to my stb's.

 

[n0cmonkey]

To bad it is used for MMO patching etc. Torrent version of WoW updater = maxed connection, 'http download' = 25k /sec. Fantastic when the patch is 1.2gig.

Complain to Blizzard.

 

[theevilsharpie]

Does Verizon FIOS block Bittorent?

No.

 

[Nothinman]

Complain to Blizzard.

Why? It works fine.

 

[imagoon]

Complain to Blizzard.

I don't see anything that is broken to complain about.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Why? It works fine.

I don't see anything that is broken to complain about.

The post mentioned slow downloads. Complain about the speed of http based downloads if you cannot use bittorrent. Or maybe the size of the patch. 1.2G? WTF?

I'm old. Get off my lawn.

 

[Nothinman]

The post mentioned slow downloads. Complain about the speed of http based downloads if you cannot use bittorrent. Or maybe the size of the patch. 1.2G? WTF?

I'm old. Get off my lawn.

No doubt they should be able to do better than 25K/s via HTTP, but BitTorrent will almost always be faster.

 

[imagoon]

The post mentioned slow downloads. Complain about the speed of http based downloads if you cannot use bittorrent. Or maybe the size of the patch. 1.2G? WTF?

I'm old. Get off my lawn.

If bittorrent doesn't work because my ISP is blocking it, why would I complain to Blizzard about it?

For companies like those, distributed downloads take a massive load off the central servers while allowing machines that are closer to the client to assist in the download process. If you made a 1.2 gig patch HTTP only for a few million users... I would need to research even how to size that pipe up.

Torrent is hated primarily because it is over used (by people that would never admit they are pirating or getting.. ahem their 47 Linux ISO's a week) and like any protocol out there, overloading it will cause it to lag or break.

Example in blizzard's case they modify their downloader from a stock bittorrent client in order to limit the number of sessions to reduce the change that crappy routers will bomb due to overload. They seem to really try to make it net friendly rather than some clients that open 5000 sessions a second. Properly used it is pretty useful.

 

[Rubycon]

Complain to Blizzard.

Most likely all they will give you is snow.

 

[n0cmonkey]

If bittorrent doesn't work because my ISP is blocking it, why would I complain to Blizzard about it?

For companies like those, distributed downloads take a massive load off the central servers while allowing machines that are closer to the client to assist in the download process. If you made a 1.2 gig patch HTTP only for a few million users... I would need to research even how to size that pipe up.

Torrent is hated primarily because it is over used (by people that would never admit they are pirating or getting.. ahem their 47 Linux ISO's a week) and like any protocol out there, overloading it will cause it to lag or break.

Example in blizzard's case they modify their downloader from a stock bittorrent client in order to limit the number of sessions to reduce the change that crappy routers will bomb due to overload. They seem to really try to make it net friendly rather than some clients that open 5000 sessions a second. Properly used it is pretty useful.

Because 25K/s is ridiculous.

 

[imagoon]

Because 25K/s is ridiculous.

Nah, I don't use HTTP. I vote they shut down the HTTP servers. Save a few dollars.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Nah, I don't use HTTP. I vote they shut down the HTTP servers. Save a few dollars.

I don't play wow, so it doesn't really affect me. I just like to complain.